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Morning Newscast 11-25-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Morning Newscast

Today is the deadline University of Montana President Royce Engstrom has set for public comments on his proposal to cut 201 jobs because of declining enrollment. Those comments are due at 5:00 p.m.

Just over one-third of Montana's legislators are asking Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock to use all legal means to block or resist the placement of Syrian refugees in Montana.

Troopers say a woman has died after losing control of her pickup truck on the icy roads of Interstate 90 near Drummond.

A bail hearing is scheduled next month for a Montana State Prison inmate whose conviction and life sentence for deliberate homicide were overturned after a judge ruled evidence withheld from the defense could have led to a different outcome.

Nineteen people in seven states - including six in Montana - have contracted E. coli in an outbreak linked to Costco chicken salad. The E. coli strain can be life-threatening. No deaths have been reported, but the CDC says five people have been hospitalized and two have developed a type of kidney failure.

Political Practices Commissioner Jonathan Motl yesterday formally filed the state’s new campaign-finance rules with the Secretary of State.

A federal judge has given prosecutors until July 1 to decide if they will seek the death penalty for an 18-year-old Wyoming man charged with a double murder on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation.

An environmental assessment for a proposed oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver, Washington says the project could have negative consequences for salmon and other fish in the Columbia River.

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